Ezra 10:11-13

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹¹ Now make confession to the Lord the God of your ancestors, and do his will; separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives.’ ¹² Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, ‘It is so; we must do as you have said. ¹³ But the people are many, and it is a time of heavy rain; we cannot stand in the open. Nor is this a task for one day or for two, for many of us have transgressed in this matter.